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Racing · The DiagnosisPublished · 2026-08-29
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GANDALF won at Warra from 5 of 8 in the market, and 98% of the track

GANDALF won race 2 at Warra, faster than 88% of the field it beat. What the run was actually worth.
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GANDALF won race 2 at Warra on Firm 2 over 1100m, averaging 17.12 m/s. That is the result. The run is what follows — the same performance measured against every population that gives it meaning.

GALLOP card — GANDALF, the shape of the win at Warra
GANDALF · Warra R2 · the official GALLOP race profile
The run, measured against
faster than 88% of the field it beat
faster than 89% of Paul Hamblin's rides
faster than 98% of everything clocked at the track
started 5 of 8 in the market at $8.0

Read down that list and the win either grows or shrinks. That is the whole point: the race says where they finished, the clock says how fast they actually went, and only one of those two survives contact with the next start.

Evidence Actual Sport IntelligencePublished 2026-08-29Partial horse, trip, trainer withheld — the evidence didn't support it
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